List of colonial governors of Walvis Bay information
Walvis Bay on a 1978 map, and reference to South Africa before the handover to Namibia.The Penguin Islands on an extract from a 1897 map of colonial Southern Africa.
This article lists the colonial governors of Walvis Bay, a city in the modern day Republic of Namibia (currently the third largest city in the country). The list encompass the period from 1878 to 1994, when Walvis Bay and the surrounding territory (including the Penguin Islands) was controlled by the United Kingdom and later by South Africa.
The list also encompasses the period of joint Namibian-South African control of Walvis Bay, from 1993 to 1994.
The title of the position changed a number of times. Under British rule, the title of the position went from Captain (1878) to Resident Magistrate (1878–1883) to Magistrate (1883–1910). Under South African rule, the title was Magistrate (1910–1925), Magistrate and Chairman of Village Management Board (1925–1931) and Mayor (1931–1994). Under joint Namibian-South African rule, the title was Chief Executive Officer of Joint Administrative Authority (1993–1994).
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